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As politicians talk more about faith, voters seem to want less

Is Washington a holy city? It might seem that way, with all the talk about religion and morality in the 2012 election. But all that God talk may be rubbing voters the wrong way.

Obama admires Romney for taking Mormon faith ‘very seriously’

Policy differences aside, President Obama says he admires Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney for his family life, personal discipline and outward practice of his Mormon faith. “He strikes me as somebody who is very disciplined. And I think that that is a quality that obviously contributed to his success as a private equity guy,” Obama said in an interview with TIME magazine ahead of the Democratic National Convention next week.

Google Data: Interest in Mormon faith hits record high

According to Google, interest in Mitt Romney's Mormon faith is higher now than it has ever been before. Searches for the GOP presidential candidate's religion have ebbed and flowed in the months leading up to the presidential election, with a single uptick during the Iowa Caucus. But in August, searches for the term "Romney Mormon" saw a significant spike, Google Insights for Search shows.

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LDS Kansas City Football Coach Andy Reid Shares Faith

Fresh off an 11-5 record in his first season with the Chiefs, it’s safe to say coach Andy Reid and his wife, Tammy, have put their 14 years in Philadelphia behind them and are happy in Kansas City.

"On Faith" Blog: Mormons in the Mainstream

On the “On Faith” blog today, Michael Otterson comments on the study on Mormons released today by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life: Over the years we’ve learned quite a bit from opinion polls about how Americans view Mormons. Clearly, there is a big knowledge gap about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, complicated by a lot of erroneous assumptions.

Pope Surprises Faithful with Unexpected Personal Phone Calls

To the delight of millions of Roman Catholics all over the world, Pope Francis is furthering his reputation as a “pope of the people” by placing unsolicited phone calls to several followers who wrote letters to him. CBS News reported Tuesday, “Known for his down-to-earth personality, Pope Francis has found a direct way of reaching out to the faithful. … Nicknamed ‘Cold Call Pope,’ the pontiff (has made) surprise phone calls to several people.

Lights, camera, faith: The Shawn Stevens story

Shawn Stevens’ life could be a full-length "Mormon Messages" movie. There are good examples, heart-warming conversions and intense trials of faith. There are good times, unexpected twists and gut-wrenching, tearful decisions. Myriad gospel principles are taught and marks are made in LDS Church history. And there are moments of quiet reflection, life lessons and the recognition of worthwhile blessings.

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Can I be both faithful and a little fearful? What the scriptures say

By Whitney Owens Hemsath

I had feelings of guilt for being worried, stressed, and afraid. But then the Spirit reminded me of two things.

How love and faith can grow, even when one spouse stops believing

For years, Matt Duff was an über-Mormon. At 17, he ran away from home and moved in with the only black LDS family in his New England town. Two weeks shy of his 18th birthday, he joined the Utah-based church. By 19, he was on a Mormon mission in Denver, and two years later he enrolled at Brigham Young University-Idaho, where he met his future wife, Kylee, a multigenerational Mormon with a winning smile and a guileless faith. The two married in the Salt Lake LDS Temple.

Lieberman: Embrace Romney's faith

Sen. Joe Lieberman has a stern warning: Leave Mitt Romney’s religion out of this. “I have been watching the recent controversy over Mitt Romney’s Mormon faith through two prisms,” the Connecticut senator said in an op-ed penned in The Washington Post. “One is the vision of the appropriate relationship between government and religion, as set out by America’s founders; the other is my own experience in 2000 as the first Jewish-American to be nominated for national office.”